Toc: Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Letter From the Authors
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Perspectives on Human Sexuality
STUDYING HUMAN SEXUALITY
SEXUALITY, POPULAR CULTURE, AND THE MEDIA
Media Portrayals of Sexuality
Television and Digital Media
Feature-Length Films
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People in Film and Television
Online Social Networks
Think About It ONLINE DATING: ASSET OR LIABILITY?
SEXUALITY ACROSS CULTURES AND TIMES
Sexual Interests
Sexual Orientation
Gender
SOCIETAL NORMS AND SEXUALITY
Natural Sexual Behavior
Think About It AM I NORMAL?
Normal Sexual Behavior
Sexual Behavior and Variations
Think About It DECLARATION OF SEXUAL RIGHTS
Final Thoughts
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Sex and the Internet
Suggested Websites
Suggested Reading
Chapter 2: Studying Human Sexuality
SEX, ADVICE COLUMNISTS, AND POP PSYCHOLOGY
Information and Advice as Entertainment
The Use and Abuse of Research Findings
Think About It DOES SEX HAVE AN INHERENT MEANING?
THINKING OBJECTIVELY ABOUT SEXUALITY
Value Judgments Versus Objectivity
Opinions, Biases, and Stereotypes
Common Fallacies: Egocentric and Ethnocentric Thinking
SEX RESEARCH METHODS
Research Concerns
Clinical Research
Survey Research
Practically Speaking ANSWERING A SEX RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE: MOTIVES FOR FEIGNING ORGASMS SCALE
Observational Research
Experimental Research
Think About It A CONTINUED CHALLENGE FACING SEX RESEARCHERS: SELECTING THE BEST WAY TO ACCURATELY MEASURE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION
THE SEX RESEARCHERS
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Sigmund Freud
Havelock Ellis
Alfred Kinsey
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH STUDIES
The National Health and Social Life Survey
The National Survey of Family Growth
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Think About It SEX RESEARCH: A BENEFIT TO INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY OR A THREAT TO MORALITY?
The National College Health Assessment
The National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior
EMERGING RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES
Feminist Scholarship
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Research
Directions for Future Research
ETHNICITY AND SEXUALITY
African Americans
Latinos
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Middle Eastern Americans
Final Thoughts
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Sex and the Internet
Suggested Websites
Suggested Reading
Chapter 3: Female Sexual Anatomy, Physiology, and Response
FEMALE SEX ORGANS: WHAT ARE THEY FOR?
External Structures (the Vulva)
Think About It THE